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Talent always speaks louder than words. To me, George Harrison was never the quiet Beatle. ROBERT DEL VALLE Royal Oak, Mich...
Ever since the start of the war in Afghanistan, Iran--a country shunned by the U.S. since diplomatic relations were severed in 1980--has been widely portrayed as a beacon of moderation in the Islamic world. The political reforms introduced by President Mohammed Khatami and the quiet cooperation Iran has offered the U.S. since Sept. 11 have made the country seem a potential friend, even a model for how an Islamic republic can function as a democracy...
Look around. The Arab street is deathly quiet. The mobs, exultant on Sept. 11 and braying for American blood, have gone home. There are no recruits headed to Afghanistan to fight the infidel. The old recruits, battered and beaten and terrified, are desperately trying to sneak their way out of Afghanistan...
...Israeli army reservist, Captain Eyal Sela, was shot dead on a West Bank road by a gang that included one member from Fatah, one from Hamas and one from a communist group within the P.L.O. that has been quiet for years...
...DRAWER BOY Will anyone pay attention to a quiet, understated play about two middle-aged brothers living on a farm--in Canada? Oh, let's give it a try. Michael Healey's comedy-drama is beautifully paced and written, and the sentiment has some sly and unexpected edges. A popular success in Canada, the play had its U.S. premiere at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater in a little-noticed production that featured two of the year's best performances, by Frank Galati (director of Ragtime) and Frasier's John Mahoney...